King Corcoran
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| Date of birth | July 6, 1943 |
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| Place of birth | Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Date of death | June 19, 2009 (aged 65) |
| Place of death | Takoma Park, Maryland |
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| Position(s) | QB |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| College | Maryland |
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| 1967 | Waterbury Orbits |
| 1968 | Lowell Giants |
| 1968 | Boston Patriots |
| 1969 | Pottstown Firebirds |
| 1970 | Pennsylvania Firebirds |
| 1971 | Norfolk Neptunes |
| 1972 | Montreal Alouettes* |
| 1972–1973 | Chambersburg Cardinals |
| 1974–1975 | Philadelphia Bell |
| *Offseason and/or practice roster only | |
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James Sean Patrick "King" Corcoran (1943–2009) was an American football quarterback in the Atlantic Coast Football League, Seaboard Football League, World Football League, and briefly in the American Football League. Corcoran played college football, mostly as a back-up, for the Maryland Terrapins. He gained notoriety for his flamboyant dress and playboy lifestyle, which earned him the reputation of being a "poor man's Joe Namath".
Corcoran was born on July 6, 1943 in Jersey City, New Jersey to an Irish Catholic family. His father, a truck driver, died in 1966, after which Corcoran never saw his mother, who died in 2008. At the age of 15, he was on his own; with his younger brother Raymond, they lived out of their adolescences in a room at the YMCA. According to Corcoran, he gained the nickname "King" as a high school senior. A driving rainstorm hit during the first half of an important game, but when it let up at half time, Corcoran appeared wearing a clean uniform and sunglasses and the manager holding his helmet. Someone from the crowd yelled, "Hail to the King," and a melee erupted. Corcoran said, "I was ink now, I was someone . . . I went from a nothing quarterback to second-string all-state in two weeks. It was the turning point in my life." According to The Washington Times, Corcoran was recruited by Notre Dame, Miami, and Maryland. Corcoran claimed students at Notre Dame did not party and those at Miami did so too much. He chose to attend Maryland because he felt it offered a balance between a social life and the opportunity to play football.
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